Where: Austria (47.7° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vandaites sturzenbaumi zone, Hochalm,Unit3 Member (Kossen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; carbonate and marl
Primary reference: R. Golebiowski. 1989. Stratigraphie und Biofacies der Koessener Formation (Obertrias, Nordliche Kalkalpen). Ph.D. thesis, University of Vienna, Austria 1-253 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/S. Hicks]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28595: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 20.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818 file clam | |
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop | |
Pleuromya lagenalis clam | |
Palaeocardita austriaca Hauer 1853 clam |